In 1981 also saw the band take part in the “Apocalypse Now” tour with fellow third-wave punk bands The Exploited, Discharge , Vice Squad , Chron Gen and The Anti Nowhere League . Winter 1981 saw Anti-Pasti tour America and Canada performing with Dead Kennedys , Naked Raygun and Flipper…
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The Queers were formed in 1981 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire . The original line-up consisted of guitarist/vocalist Joe “Queer” King, bassist Tulu, and drummer Wimpy Rutherford. Tulu introduced Joe Queer and Wimpy Rutherford to The Ramones in 1976 but it would be another five years before they formed the Queers…
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Los Violadores (“The Violators”, referring to ‘breaking the law’, as mentioned in one of their songs, “Violadores de la Ley”) was founded in Buenos Aires in 1981 by guitarist Hari “B” (born Pedro Braun). The rest of the band included Stuka (bass), Pil Trafa (vocals) and Sergio Gramatika (drums). In…
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Trouble followed the band around and led to their being sacked from Good Vibrations, so their next release was on their own GBH label in 1981, the “Magnum Force” single. This was followed by the band’s first Peel Session for BBC Radio 1 . GBH became Outcasts Only, and their…
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The Police’s fourth album, Ghost in the Machine , co-produced by Hugh Padgham , was recorded at AIR Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat , with the exception of “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” which was recorded at Le Studio at Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, and released…
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The 1981–1982 original line-up rehearsed in Tulu’s basement but never publicly performed. Their earliest songs were cover songs by the Dave Clark Five , the Monkees , and the Ramones . In 1982 Joe Queer, Tulu, and Wimpy were hanging out and listening to punk rock records that Joe had…
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Verbal Abuse was established in 1981 by 17-year-old singer and songwriter Nicki Sicki, former member of the bands Sick Pleasure and Legionnaire’s Disease. Radi Kilowatt handled the bass duties, his brother General Electric (aka G.E.) was the original guitarist, and John Glenn played drums. The band members lived together in…
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In 1981 the band released their third studio album Go for It which was to be Jim Reilly’s last involvement with the band. Go for It signified the change in Burns’ writing style, with much darker and taboo subjects, such as domestic abuse in the song “Hits and Misses” and…
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After the release of the album and the EP, Henry left to join the Rats , and Koupal moved to Ohio. Sage would rebuild the rhythm section with bassist Brad Davidson and drummer Brad Naish (ex-Stiphnoyds), Wipers recorded a second album for Park Avenue, the last for that label. Youth…
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Named in tribute to the events of the Kronstadt rebellion the band were formed in 1981 by Steve Pegrum joined by Spencer Blake, Paul Lawson and Andy Fisher (although in 1982 the band were to become a three-piece with Paul Lawson taking on both guitar and vocal duties). Nick ‘Filf’…
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